On parenting, family, and life in general!

Another second interview

Yesterday I had a telephone interview for a job working as a patient advocate for a company called, surprise surprise, Advanced Patient Advocacy. It is an independent company that works in hospitals assisting uninsured and under-insured patients apply for Medicaid, Social Security Disability, as well as other funding that may be available. It sounds like a job that may be right up my ally: 20-30% of the time I’d be meeting with patients (either in or out patient), the remainder of the time would be desk work. I wanted a desk job, but I also wanted a job where I could help people.

The thing that makes me the most nervous about it all though, is the training. Two weeks of it would be held in Virginia. The company, of course, would pay to fly me down there, and back home, and even allow me to come home on the weekend if I wanted to. The third week I’d be back in NH, I believe, then the fourth week I could travel either back to Virginia or down to Clearwater, Florida. I’d probably take the Florida option. Again, this would be on the company’s dime. But I’m nervous about the idea of being away for 3 weeks. I’d miss Kane, Molly, Maggie, and most of all, John. I know I could come home to see them, but I remember being away in the hospital for 2 nights on the other side of Concord last April, and being completely distraught that I couldn’t see my cats or that John couldn’t be right there. I am really concerned that the anxiety of being gone for three weeks would be overbearing. It’s not that I don’t trust John home for three weeks with the animals and what not, that’s not the issue at all… I just don’t want to be away that long! I don’t think I’d be able to handle it.

Anyway, that’s about all the news for now. The second interview is Friday at 11am. I’ll keep you all posted with how that goes.